I've had mixed results, some really good sharp pics and others soft, it's hard to feel confident. One of the things i miss and don't like is the large focus indicator in the viewfinder, it's not very bright (red) when focusing and it's large (compared to the 50d), is there a way to make it smaller and brighter? I like the smaller indicator, feels more accurate although it probably isn't i feel better with it?

Thanks.

This is the exact reason I sold mine.

It, not me, was inconsistent.

With the 7D I owned, I found that 1 of every 3 pics was what I would call sharp.

When you're driving a 1000 miles and paying for rooms, I want something that's a bit better than that.

If you're taking a static photo of a post, well above the rated ratio (85mm to 1/85 of a second) on any manual mode, your subject should come out good. Unless you drank 14 cups of coffee, or have something else that's making you shake. ( I guess I should add one shot focus with one focus point lit and on your subject )

I've owned a 300D, XT, XTI, SXI, 30D, 5DMKII, 3Ti, and 2 7D's. The 7D's were the only cameras that had trouble with that simple task.